1. gvSIG case studies
Álvaro Anguix
gvSIG Association General Manager
aanguix@gvsig.com
FOSS4G 2015
June 8-10, Dehradun, India
Gowtham Gollapalli
KAIINOS
gowtham@kaiinos.com
3. 1. What's gvSIG
gvSIG is an open source development project to manage, use
and produce geographical information.
gvSIG is a project with a very active community, that currently
has a worldwide reach.
It is also an investment in a supportive development model, based
on the shared knowledge. This development model is
materialized in the gvSIG Association.
gvSIG invests strongly in the SDI, that are the system suitable for
managing the geographical information in any organization.
4. 1. What's gvSIG
● gvSIG Desktop is currently one of the most complete GIS.
gvSIG has nice vector data editing functions. Users can easily digitize
lines by snapping vertices to existing nodes and generate correct
topology. With an easy-to-configure locator map, gvSIG immediately
reveals where you are in your dataset. Some GIS professionals believe
that gvSIG is becoming close to replacing ESRI ArcMap
software. (National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence. 2010)
● Main characteristics:
● Multi-platform: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
● Multi-language
● Simple interface: user friendly
● Customizable
● GIS + SDI client (Spatial Data Infrastructure / OGC
standards)
gvSIG Desktop: Characteristics
12. 1. What's gvSIG
gvSIG Mobile: Characteristics
● gvSIG Mobile is a GIS complement to be used on field work.
● Main characteristics:
● Display: several formats, CRS management
● Symbology and Labeling
● GPS Support: manual and automatic
● Editing tools
● Selection and searching
● SDI/OGC access: WMS, WFS...
● Measurement and information
●
...
13. 1. What's gvSIG
gvSIG Educa: Characteristics
● gvSIG Educa is a customization of the gvSIG Desktop
Open Source GIS, adapted as a tool for the education of
issues that have a geographic component.
● gvSIG Educa provides educators with a tool that helps
students to analyze and understand space, and which
can be adapted to different levels or education systems.
"If I can't picture it, I can't understand it (A. Einstein)"
14. 1. What's gvSIG
gvSIG City: Characteristics
● gvSIG City is a suite for inventory, incidents and open
data management.
● It includes a private mobile application for inventory
data capture, and a public mobile application for
incidents capture by citizens.
16. Some data...
● Translated to more than 30 languages
● Downloaded in more than 100 countries
● Several mailing lists; + 4.000 users
● Conferences in Spain, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom,
Brazil, Russia, France, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, Chile...
2. gvSIG Community
Countries where gvSIG has been downloaded in the last months
19. 3. gvSIG Association
● It was born in 2009.
● Composed of companies and non business entities
(universities, geographical institutes,...).
● It constitutes the biggest international network of
experts in free geomatics.
● References and clients in more than twenty countries.
● Model based on the shared knowledge and the
collaboration. Knowledge is transferred to the client.
● We offer learning, consulting, supporting,
developments...
Who are we?
20. ● Spatial Data Infrastructure. PDVSA (Venezuela)
● Migration from ArcGIS to gvSIG. Munich City Council
(Germany)
● GIS analysis for urban areas. UN-Habitat (Kenya)
● Multimodal transport geoportal in Valencia (Spain)
● gvSIG development for cadastral management (Mexico)
● GIS for solid waste management in Basque Country
(Spain)
● GIS for road management in the region of Valencia
(Spain)
Clients and references: Some consulting examples
3. gvSIG Association
22. 4. Case studies
gvSIG in forestry, firefighting and environmental management
in the provinces of Trieste, Gorizia (Italy) and Sežana (Slovenia)
Italy
Slovenia
The administrations of both countries (Italy and Slovenia)
collaborated and shared data and knowledge on gvSIG. They used
gvSIG Desktop for office work and gvSIG Mobile for field work.
23. 4. Case studies
Analysis of contaminants and salinity in the Minho
river for the European Project
Spain
Determination of the spatial distribution of different
physicochemical parameters (salinity, phosphate, ammonium,
nitrate and nitrite), at both at low and high tide, at the estuary of
the Minho river.
24. 4. Case studies
Analysis of the value chain for leather products in San
Lorenzo street market
Italy
Collecting field quantitative and qualitative data in order to
produce a detailed census of commercial activities
25. 4. Case studies
gvSIG, a unified application to the Mexican municipal cadastre
M
exico
Cadastre modernization and taxes collection management.
26. 4. Case studies
Use of gvSIG for Protection of Cultural Heritage in the
Lipetsk Region, Russian Federation
R
ussia
Preparing a spatial information for the passport of a cultural
heritage object and the land survey documentation
27. 4. Case studies
gvSIG for Forestry Management: SIFOMAP 3.0
Customized applications that allow to manage, administrate,
update... the forestry heritage information. It's composed of
different modules, like Forestry Management Planning, Sustainable
Development Indicator, Forest Fire...
C
uba
28. 4. Case studies
Spatial Data Infrastructures in developing countries: The climate
change problem in Ebinat (Ethiopia)
Management of the geographical information related to a real
problem: drought and climate change.
Analysis of the climatic conditions at the region and their relation
with the type of farming.
E
thiopia
29. 4. Case studies
gvSIG as a GIS tool for creating maps for senior citizens
published by the City of Munich
gvSIG is used as a platform for creating the basic map information
and a pre-press version of the map.
A newly created, universally usable symbol is set to meet the
requirements of the elderly regarding readability.
G
erm
any
30. 4. Case studies
Assessing urban accessibility in the city of Brescia: the impact of
public transport infrastructures
Identifying where new services should be located to lower the
gap between different areas and reduce the car traffic inside the
city. Evaluating the impact of new public transport
infrastructures, such as tramways and subways.
Italy
31. 4. Case studies
● Building business applications above gvSIG: a case study with a
bus network management GIS for the Algerian Transport
Minister (Algeria)
● Cohabitation Maps of the Local Police of Castellón City (Spain)
● Use of gvSIG in identifying strategic locations for the
installation of a clothes shop (Brazil)
● Geomatics in the petroleum sector: Progress in the PDVSA SDI.
Exploration using free technologies (Venezuela)
● gvSIG Roads - Maintenance and conservation of roads
management using software with cartographic information
integrated (Spain)
● …
http://outreach.gvsig.org/case-studies
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32. gvSIG case studies
FOSS4G 2015
June 8-10, Dehradun, India
Álvaro Anguix
gvSIG Association General Manager
aanguix@gvsig.com
Gowtham Gollapalli
KAIINOS
gowtham@kaiinos.com
